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Lance Corporal JOHN SILMEEN

Service Number: 3/9565
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 March 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Moffett; husband of Wilhelmina Fisher (formerly Silmeen), of 10, Tyne Terrace, Harton Colliery, Tyne Dock, South Shields.
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